There Could Be Love

In the book "The Giver," the Giver gave his intern Jonas a happy memory of a family sitting around a Christmas tree, enjoying each other presence while it is snowing outside.  The Giver called the memory as an example of love; Jonas enjoys the memory as it was transferred to him and he longs to experience it himself.  However, with how the community and life is in Jonas' society, no one will ever experience the feeling of love. Everything has to be predictable and same as to prevent any pain and bad experiences for the people living in the community.

What happen if Jonas' world is a reality? What would it be like without love? Without us being able to have a relationship with other human beings? Us humans depend on other humans to live and to continue to live every single day.  We are wired to love, to be in relationships, to have a communal experience and cherish each other's beings.  However when we do not have the choice to love and to be loved, it is against our own nature and I wonder how long will our kind exist.  If we live in Jonas' world where procreation is assigned and given then it is possible for humans to continue to live without love. But living without being able to experience the love from other people is an unthinkable experience for many of us as love is the standard of life. We live, we breathe, we want, we desire love in all parts of our life.  It is not the matter of we want love but it is more of the matter of we need love, because sometimes it is the only reason why we live for.